The key to employability: Developing a practical model of graduate employability

Education and Training

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-289

  Pool, Lorraine Dacre ^a   Sewell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Employment; Graduates; Higher education; Modelling; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249727101     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910710754435     Document Type: Article

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